Off with his head: Thai villagers examine the damage after an earthquake in Chiang Rai province decapitated a
Buddha stature. At least one person was killed and several dozen injured in the quake,
which struck northern Thailand and Myanmar a day earlier.

Photo: Wichai Taprieu, Associated Press

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Mountain moved: An aerial view shows the breadth of the disaster after a landslide buried part of the town of Abi
Barik in Badakhshan province, northeastern Afghanistan. More than 2,000 people are
believed to have been killed.

Release the wombats! Specifically, the 8-month-old southern hairy-nosed wombat named
Sydney at Taronga Zoo in Sydney. Taronga now has two southern hairy-nosed wombats, a
breeding success story that could also help the critically endangered species, which
is notoriously difficult to breed in captivity.

Loses his cool: An AP-authenticated image taken from video obtained from Youth Against Settlements shows
an infuriated Israeli soldier pointing his gun at a teen in the West Bank city of Hebron.
The subsequent reprimand of the soldier - who was caught on video cursing and pointing the cocked
gun toward the head of the boy - has triggered the biggest outcry of frustration by
Israeli soldiers posted in the West Bank in years.

Photo: Youth Against Settlements, Associated Press

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He's not too thrilled to meet you either: Fourth-grader Kyla Bentz makes a face at a red-backed vole during BioBlitz, a survey of plant and animal life in Juneau,
Alaska.

It's better to eat crow than to be eaten by a crow, which was the fate of a small bird on
the roof of the Chancellery in Berlin.

Photo: Odd Andersen, AFP/Getty Images

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Probably saved his life: French coast rescuers intercept a 23-year-old Afghan trying to sail across the English
Channel on a makeshift raft using a bed sheet as a sail. The man, who had started
developing hypothermia, "was first disappointed and then glad at being rescued," said
Bernard Barron, the head of the coast rescue service in Calais.

Armed for independence day: In the West Bank settlement of Efrat, an Israeli boy plays with an assault rifle during a
traditional military weapon display marking the 66th anniversary of Israel's independence.
The Jewish state was founded in 1948.

Photo: Gali Tibbon, AFP/Getty Images

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Koi story: Colorful carp streamers flutter in the air over the Sagami River in Sagamihara,
west of Tokyo, to mark Children's Day, a national holiday. It is a tradition in Japan to
fly the streamers on the holiday.